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EJA454 NetJets

Embraer Phenom 300 · N454QS · SFO → ?

· 1:07Quality 78lost lockside-onOverhead

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −80%). Download

Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
Lock

Events

Tracking metrics

How well the camera kept the aircraft centred. Tap a metric for what it means and what good looks like.

Lockshare of the pass
63%
First lockfrom target selected
7.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.32° / 0.81°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.37° / 3.49°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
13.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
52.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
29.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.21° / 0.37°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.09° / 1.78°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.7
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.02°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.35°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.94°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.24°
Zoom steps
78

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA454
Registration
N454QS
Type
Embraer Phenom 300
Airline
NetJets
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
192 kt
Altitude at closest
1,375 ft
Vertical rate
+2,176 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a58267

Pass geometry

Max elevation
72.1°
Elevation at start → end
0.0° → 11.9°
Azimuth at start → end
121° ESE → 297° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
217° SW
Minimum slant range
458 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (81°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
Yes — camera flipped over the top
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:07 (66.7 s)
Lock
63%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-16g — A/B lockFirst (mount prior on)
Commit
9bdc356
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
33.5 MB · 67.0 s · offset -1.6 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
maxSpeedStepFwps
0.45
speedReachFrac
0.8
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
sigmaGrowthDps
0.1
aimLeadSec
-0.11
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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